Method of making decorative cloisonne designs.



No. 864,387. PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

T. PFISTER.

METHOD OF MAKING DECORATIVE GLOISONNE DESIGNS. APPLICATION FILED APR.as. 1906.

UNITED STAWENT oFFIoE.

THEOPHIL PFISTER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF MAKING DECORATIVE CLOISONN'E DESIGNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

,. Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed April 25, 1906. Serial No. 313,553.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEOPHIL Prrs'rnn, a citizen of the United States,at present residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and Stateof New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in the strips of metal andtoobviate the difficulties attending the securingof such pieces inposition in the manufacture of articles depending thereon.

In carrying out my invention I employ substantially the following methodor process of making my improved decorative material article. i

I takea suitable foundation and thereon outline the.

desired design by depositing on the foundation a ridge or series ofridges of suitable materiahwhich with the foundation is then surfacedwith a. material fusible under the influence of heat to hold the ridgesin position, and I suitably prepare the surfaces of the interveningreceptacles. I then fill up the said receptacles with suitable coloredor non-colored opaque or translucent materials to produce the desireddesign,

harmony and disposition of colors and then I give the whole a surfacingof a material fusible under the influence of heat so that the entiremass is fused when subjected to heat and is held together in a permanentmanner when cold.

I prefer to employ a suitable pattern having the design outlined thereonin grooves, such a pattern as is described in my application for LettersPatent of even date herewith, and I employ for the ridges a materialsuch as sand or pulverulent glass in colors,

either opaque or translucent which are filled into the 1 said groovesand are afterward deposited onto the glass or other suitable foundationby turning the pattern I over thereon so that such material may flow outof I after treatment being substantially as just described.

the grooves of the pattern onto the foundation; the

I i The suitable foundation employed by me may consist of glass, slate,marble, cement, metal, wood or other equivalents. p I

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan of a suitable pattern. ig. 2 is across section'of the same with the pulven ent material in the grooves.Fig; 3 is a cross section of the pattern over-turned on the foundationplate. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the plate with the pattern removed,showing the material in ridge's. Fig. 5 is asectio n of the articlecomplete and Fig. 6

- as shown in the section Fig- 3.

is a plan of a fragmentary part of the article showing l the generalappearance and arrangement of the design. Figs. 2,3, 4 and 5 are oflarger size for clearness.

The pattern plate a is provided with grooves a formed in one surfacethereof. As described in an application for Letters Patent of even dateherewith, this pattern plate may be formed by taking a slab of suitablematerial and drawing the design on one surface thereof in parallel linesand producing grooves in the surface between these lines by a routingtool, or the said pattern plate may be produced by taking a slab ofsuitable material and superimposing thereon successive layers of paperor other suitable material cemented together and to the foundation, andthen drawing the design on the uppermost surface of the paper inparallel lines and with a sharp instrument cutting through the paper tothe foundation and removing the intervening strips so as to leavegrooves in the paper above the slab, which grooves represent the outlineof the design to be reproduced; this pattern afterward by preferencebeing surfaced with a fusible material so as to harden the same. In themethod employed by me such a pattern is made use of and sand orpulverulent glass or other suitable material spread over the surface soas to fill all the grooves, and the surplus above the surface removed soas to leave the material in the grooves, which material is representedat b. I then take a foundation plate, which in outline may agree with apredetermined outline of the article, decorative material or cloisonn tobe produced,this foundation plate is represented at c-and I prefer toplace'on the surface thereof an adhesive material. This plate is thenplaced with the adhesive material surface down upon the pattern and thepattern with the plate over-turned,

verulent material in the grooves to be supported by and raised upon thesurface of the foundation plate 0. The pattern is then removed and thepulveru'lent material which filled the groove of the pattern thenremains upon the surface of the plate 0, the design in outline producedthereby being thus transferred to This causes the pulthe foundationplate. It is to be presumed that this pulverulent material will freelyflow out of the grooves as the pattern is raised but such removal. maybe assisted by tapping on the back of the pattern. I may add to thispulverulent material a small quantity of an adhesive so as to hold thesame more firmly together and prevent its spreading too much as it isdeposited upon the surface of the plate 0. At this stage of the processor method I prefer to surface the design ridges of pulverulent materialand also the foundation between the ridges with a fusible material whichmay be applied as a spray, and I thereafter bake the said foundationplate so as to fuse the material and form the ridges into a solid mass.This is the condition shown in Fig. 4. I thereafter fili -up therece'ptacles to give the whole a surfacing of a fusible material andsubject the same to heat, so that the Whole mass is fused and when coldis held rigidly together in a permanent manner.

In Fig. 4, 2 represents the adhesive coating on the foundation plate and(1 represents the ridges of pulverulent material which may be sand orglass, and 3 represents the fusible coating of the ridges.

In Fig. 5, e represents the filling material or globules of glass orother suitable material placed in the receptacles formed between thedesign ridges d, before the fusible coating is applied thereto and whichmore or less fills the intertices of the filling globules e to whichheat isapplied so as to hold the entire mass of materials when cold in apermanent manner.

In the process employed by me and hereinbefore described for making myimproved cloisonn design, I may dispense with the filling material forthe recesses between the ridges andfinish the surfaces of the recessesin any desired manner so as to produce the design in contrasting colorsbetween the ridges, as then the ridges are in relief and present a boldappearance to the design and the surfaces of the recesses may be paintedwith material of any suitable description or with such mineral paints asare employed for ornamental china, and which after being employed areburned in and then glazed, for I do not limit myself in this inventionto filling the receptacles partially or wholly with a globular orcomminuted material which will make the surface substantially fiat andlevel.

I claim as my invention:-

1. The method herein specified of making decorative materials orcloisonns, consisting indepositing' upon the surface of a suitablefoundation plate the ridges of pulverulent material to form the designoutline, surfacing the same and the foundation with fusible material andbaking the same, filling in the receptacles between the design ridgeswith a suitable material and applying to the surface thereof a coatingof a fusible material and thereafter baking the same so that when coldtheentire mass is held secure.

2. The method herein specified of forming decorative cloisonn andsimilar articles, consisting in filling the grooves of a pattern platewith pulverulent material, taking, a foundation plate and laying thesame upon the surface of the pattern plate and over-turning the two,lifting off the pattern plate and so depositing upon the surface of thefoundation plate a pulverulent material in design ridges, surfacing thefoundation plate and the ridges with a fusible material and baking thesame, filling the receptacles between the design ridges with a suitablemateral for producing the contrasting design, surfacing the whole with afusible material and baking the same so as to form when cold asubstantial and permanent structure.

The method herein specified of forming decorative material, panels orcloisonn in opaque or translucent materials etc., consisting in forminga pattern plate from a suitable slab by gro'oving the surface thereof indesign outlines, filling the said grooves with a suitable pulverulentmaterial, taking a suitable foundation plate and laying the same uponthe pattern. over-turning the pattern upon the plate and lifting off thepattern so as to deposit'the pulverulent material from the grooves uponthe foundation plate in the form of design ridges, applying to saidridges and foundation plate a fusible material and baking the same,thereafter filling the receptacles between the design ridges withglobules or small particles of suitable material, to produce the designin contrasting colors, then surfacing the entire material with a fusiblematerial and thereafter baking the mass or subjecting it to a high heatso as when cold to produce a permanent article.

4. The method herein specified of forming decorative eloisonn andsimilar articles, consisting in filling the grooves of a pattern platewith pulverulent material, taking a foundation plate and laying the sameupon the surface of the pattern plate and over-turning the two, liftingoff the pattern plate and so depositing upon the surface of thefoundationplate a pulverulent material in design ridges, surfacing thefoundation plate and the ridges with a fusible material and baking thesame and treating the surface of the recesses between the ridges so asto complete the contrasting design. Y i

5. The method herein specified of forming decorative material, panels orcloisonn, consisting in forming a pattern plate from a suitable slab bygrooving the surface thereof in design outlines, filling the saidgrooves with a suitable pulverulent material, taking a suitablefoundation plate and laying the same upon ,the pattern, over-turning thepattern upon the plate and lifting off the pattern so as todeposit thepulverulent material from the grooves upon the foundation plate in theform of design ridges, applying to said ridges and foundation plate afusible material and baking the same and thereafter treating thereceptacles between the design ridges so as to complete the design incontrasting colors.

Signed by me this 18th day of April, 1906."

' THEOI'HIL PFISTER.

Witnesses A. H. SIJlnmLn, E. ZACIIARIASEN.

